Bracket



(No Model.)

- E. LENNEY.

,ABRAGKET.

No. 562,229. Patented June .16, 1896.

Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDIVARD LENNEY, OF POTSDAM, NEW YORK.

BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 562,229, dated June 16,1896.

Application filed March 9,1896. Serial No. 582,439. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD LENNEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,-residing at Potsdam, in the county of St. Lawrence, State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brackets, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in brackets and is especiallydesigned to be applied to barrels, hogsheads, boxes, bins and the liketo afford a rest for the receptacle which is to be filled from thecontents of said barrel, hogshead, &c.

. The present application in the drawings shows the invention as adaptedto be applied to the exterior of the article to which it is to beapplied, but it will be understood that with slight changes it may besecured to the inside.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap bracket forthe purpose specified; and it consists in the matters hereinafterdescribed and referred to in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abracket embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of aslightly-different form, and Fig. 3 shows still another modification.

In the drawings the bracket is shown as formed of a number of pieces ofwire bent to proper shape, these pieces of wire being connected at A. InFigs. 1 and 2 the external or main wire B is formed on a curve and ateach end is bent to form hooks B for attachment to the chimes of abarrel of sugar or other commodity being weighed out. The other piecesof wire a b c d are of varying lengths, but at each end are bent aroundthe wire A adjacent the hooks B. Bracing-wires e extend in an inclineddirection across the bracket from the point f to about the center of thewire B, and-wires or other fastening devices secure these bracing wiresor rods to each of the curved wires, as shown. In the preferred form(shown in Fig. 1) there is a central rod or wire 9 passing centrallybetween the wires a and B, and upon this is pivoted a triangularbracing-piece 0, adapted to be folded flat against the bracket when thesame is not in use, but, when the hooks B are hung on the barrel, itbears against the side thereof and prevents any undue strain on thehooks B. Pivoted to the wire a is a stay having a loop D, adapted toreceive the forward end of the brace C and prevent it from lateralmovement when in use, this stay being also pivoted to the Wire a, so asto fold outof the way when not in use. In Fig. 2 I

' have shown a device similar to that shown in Fig. 1 except that thestay-wire D is dispensed with. It will be understood that in these twofigures the hooks B instead of forming a part of the wire B may beformed separately and pivoted thereto to fold out of the way when not inuse substantially as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In this figure thetwo external wires a B and the cross-rod g are shown as formed in onepiece, while the wires 19, c, and dare bent as shown and secured to theinclined bracing-rods in the manner described in connection with Fig. l.The triangular bracing-piece O is the same as shown in connection withthe other figures.

It will be understood that, as far as the main features of the inventionare concerned, I do not wish to be limited to details of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A bracket adapted for attachment to a barrel or other receptaclecomposed of a series of wires suitably secured together, forming a standand provided with hooks adapted to be secured to said barrel or otherreceptacle, and a folding brace-piece secured to said bracket;substantially as described.

2. A bracket adapted for attachment to a barrel or other receptacle,composed of a series of wires suitablysecured together, forming a standand provided with hooks adapted to be secured to said barrel or otherreceptacle, and a folding brace-piece secured to said bracket, and apivoted stay-wire adapted to engage the brace-piece and prevent lateralmovement thereof; substantially as described.

3. Abracket composed of aseries of curved wires forming acrescent-shaped base and having a plurality of hooks secured thereto, acentral cross-rod, inclined brace-rods, and

a folding brace-piece pivoted on the central and suitable bracing-wires;substantially as cross-rod; substantially as described. described. 1o

4. The herein-described bracket compris- In testimony whereof I affix mysignature ing an external wire formed with integral in presence of twowitnesses. 1 5 hooks, a second external wire secured at each EDWARDLENNEY.

end to the first wire adjacent the hooks, and Witnesses: aseries ofintermediate curved wires also se- J. L. BROWN, cured to the first Wireadjacent the hooks, THOMAS COVEY.

